Offsore Wind Smart Drivetrain Lubrication Project...Maintenance cost 65 65 80 40 15 7 325,0000...

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Offsore Wind Smart Drivetrain Lubrication Project

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Offsore Wind Smart Drivetrain Lubrication Project

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Smart Lubrication Drivetrain

Huge mechanical machine

Important moving parts

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Smart Lubrication Drivetrain

Important mechanical moving parts:

• Main power train • Bearings• Gearbox

• Pitch power train• Motor• Planetary Gear Box • Gear Rings

• Yaw power train• Motor• Planetairy Gear Box • Gear rings

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Smart Lubrication Drivetrain

• Downtime mainly caused by

• Gearbox

• Main bearings

• Yaw, and pitch system

• Failure cause:

Overload wear issues

Underload extensive slip of moving parts

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Smart Lubrication Drivetrain

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Maintenance costPlanned VS Unplanned maintenance

EVOLUTION COST TIME

Grease pitch and yaw bearings

USD 600 per wind turbine

generator12 man-

hoursGrease main bearing

Grease generator bearings

Semi annual/annual planned maintenance

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Maintenance cost

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Gearbox

replacements

Pitch bearing

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Main bearing

failure

Gearbox

repairs

Pitch/yaw

drive failure

Electrical

failures

Cost of component failures (USD/hours)

Cost per event USD

Avg. Man hours

Planned VS Unplanned maintenance

Failure rate ~3 %

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Smart Lubrication Drivetrain

• Necessary – developing smart lubrication – drive train

• Autonomous system – zero downtime – zero maintenance – avoid people at sea

• Autonomous technology – sensors Data Information

• Take action only when needed

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Smart Lubrication Drivetrain

• Oil degradation and wear particles indicates that a gearbox has a problem

• Vibrations indicates that a (main) bearing has a problem

• Warning only actions when abnormal conditions

• Combining data from multiple sensors

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Smart Lubrication Drivetrain information

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Why statistical condition monitoring?

Autonomous

system

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Lubricants itself: Automotive/Conventional/High Performance

• Conventional lubricants–meet specifications–minimum requirements

• High performance lubricants are formulated on maximum requirements

• Conventional lubricants 1-3% additives

• High perfomance lubricants

• maximum 30% additives

• HQ base oils

• Longer lifetime – less wear – smarter lubrication

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Smarter lubrication

• Friction reduction

• Higher effciency –power curve improvement

• Longer lifetime of lubricant

• Less wear

• Longer lifetime of rotating parts

• No manual regreasing

• Less maintenance

• Less/no people at sea

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Contact details

Van Meeuwen Industries B.V.

[email protected]

+32(0)53 76 76 00 (Antwerpen, België)

+31(0)294 494 494 (Weesp, Nederland)

Taco Mets

[email protected]

+31(6)22528952 (mob.)